CHAPTER I .

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„The Mystical Garden” is an original artistic vision ,
The result of many years of my personal work and research
About the sense , and the value of what we call ART ,
In Human life and activity.

In the same time , this concept is the final form of a „global frame „
(which I was searching more or less consciously quite a long time)
A frame large , and deep enough
To „put together” in the same place – on the same „canvas” ,
the multiple aspects of my individual artistic research ,
Which could appear as quite diffused – „multideck”.
(I have defined it myself as „polisemantic”)
This research , is otherwise „ in progress”,
And in continuous evolution.
(and I’m quite sure it will stay „in progress” until I will be able to create…)

But now – I found this „global metaphor” – this concept.
And in the first moment - I thought it was just an IMAGE
I have created just for the moment – a tool for my artistic work -
(Or may be rather a rough sketch – though enough bright and distinct in it’s own intentions)
An individual , specific and subjective „vision of the World”.
Not an supposedly „objective” vision of „The” World ,
But a totally subjective vision of my own personal World ,
And I have called it -

„The Mystical Garden”.

Inside the frames of that subjective image ,
Inside the walls of that „mysterious (and marvelous) private garden” ,
As an artist , I can do everything .
I can create and change every detail ,
modificate and improve ,
All the aspects of this World.
I can build it up – design and re-design it ,
Make it grow, make it higher – deeper larger – all the time .
I can write myself the rules – establish the correlations.
This is my own Universe – my endless story.
And i can play with it - like with a computer game
Which I create myself in real time ,
Like a God – and like a child .

(And I think this is what we are ;
Gods – and children in the same person – in the same time.)

And this is the specific VALUE of Art ;

Art. is the absolutely perfect METAPHORE ,
The perfect IMAGE ,
Of our relation – as Humanity ,
To the whole World,
Which is the frame
In which we can realize our creative potential.

Introduction

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__________ Detail of one of the Garden's gates .

"I dream ,
Of a Mystical Garden
In the middle of the labyrinth of sense
In the middle of the labirynth of languages
meanings - significations - cultures and signs
in which there is plenty of flowers
and trees - of all kind
Sources and springs - and mysterius wells
Birds of all kind -
walking and flying around
Peacocks with royal jewels oround the neck
birds of paradise ,
and impossible (but so kind and innocent) animals -
Half birds , half dogs ,
giraffes with unicorn heads ,
gentle dragons with golden scales ,
drinking from dark puddles
and spiting fire to the sky ... "

The Mystical Garden ,

is a vision of my mind .

A world which exists only in my imagination.

But in the same time , in the matter of fact -

Do we have anything else than our imagination ,

to evaluate the "reality" of anything ?

May be all the reality exists only in our imagination ?

May be all the "objective world" - is just an image -

a projection of the mixture of what we want -

what we are affraid of - what we love - and what we dream off?

And if it is -doesn't it mean

that we are CREATING our world ?

Doesn't it mean , that there is not more powerfull energy

than the energy of our IMAGINATION ?

R.A.Mikulowski

21/01/2009